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Issoca
Sign in to saveIssoca is a genus of land planarians found in Brazil.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- OrderTricladida
- FamilyGeoplanidae
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- Geoplaninae
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Issoca is a genus of land planarians found in Brazil.
== Description == Species of the genus Issoca are characterized by the presence of a spoon-shaped head having a cephalic retractor muscle, which allows those animals to pull their anterior end upwards and backwards. Associated to the muscle are cephalic glands, forming a so-called cephalic musculo-glandular organ in a way similar to the one found in the genera Choeradoplana and Luteostriata. The copulatory apparatus usually lacks a permanent penis papilla, i. e., the penis is formed during copulation by folds in the male cavity which are pushed outwards.
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